On the one hand, people like Paul make some sense when saying that had we not been involved in the middle east, we might not have been attacked on 9-11.
On the other hand, when you look into WHO did the attacking, was that really the rationale? There is never an excuse to muder anyone much less 3,000 of my countrymen.
I think that Paul is using the attacks as a reason for his brand of isolationism. This is a connected world, you cannot just roll up the sidewalks and put out no vacancy signs Mr. Paul.
Maybe that would have worked in the early 20th century but not now. Not with the advances in technology.
The people that did the attacking are the same sects that have been attacking other nations in order to establish an Islamic footprint centuries before the United States existed. I’m waiting to see how he says the Battle of Vienna is our fault for being ‘over there’.